Hose-gate.



'P atanted July 4, I899.

- No. 628,39l;

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EDlVARD S. CLARKE, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

HOSE-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,391, dated July 4,1899. Application filed September 3, 1998. Serial No. 690,188. (Nomodel-l To (till whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWAR S. CLARKE, of Richmond, in the county ofHenrico and State-of Virginia, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Hose-Gates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved hose-gate, having for an object to providesimple means for effectually clamping a hose to prevent the passage ofwater and which can be quickly and accurately applied to a hose at anypoint; and the invention consists in certain novel constructions andcombinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed'outin the claims.

in the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved gate.Fig. 2 is a detail View illustrating the upper clamping-jaw and itsspring and stop-pin. Fig. 3 is a detail View on about line 3 3 of Fig. 2of the lower clamping-jaw with the stop for the hose, and Fig. Me adetail view on about line 4 4 of Fig. 2 of the screw and itsbearing-bracket.

As shownin the drawings, my gate includes a suitable frame A, theclamping jaws B and O, and the screw D for operating the framing tocompress the hose. between the jaws.

The frame is composed of the sections A and A jointed together at A andsupporting the jaws at their opposite ends. Between their ends thesections A and-A are connected by the screw D, swiveled at d in abracket E, which is pivoted at e to the section A The screw D has athreaded bearin g at a in the section A, extends above said section, andis provided with a keyway D to receive a key F in a gear-wheel F. ThisWheel F is fitted on the said screwso it may slide along the same as thescrew is turned within the I section A. A lateral lug G on theframesection A has a bearing for the shaft H, which may be turned by thelever H or other suitable handle, and is provided with the pinion Hwhich is meshed with the gear-wheel F.

The clamping-jaws B and O are. supported near the free ends of thesections A and A the upper jaw B being jointed at Z) between its ends,so it can rock to conform to and bear squarely upon the hose, which isrested on the bottom jaw C. The jaw C is provided with lugs, which laponopposite sides of and are secured to the section A as will beunderstood from Figs. 2 and 3. The outer ends of the jaws B and C areunobstructed, so the hose can be readily slipped in between them, a stopI being provided to limitthe inward movement of the hose,such stop beingpreferably supported on the jaw O and having the upright arms I at theopposite sides of the inner end of said bracket. A spring J draws theinner end of the jaw B upward, such movement being limited by'a stop Jon the section A. Theadjacent faces of the jaws B and G are made oneconvex and the other correspondingly con cave to avoid any injury to thehose in clamping the same. -In

operation, the hose being placed between the jaws B and G, the handle Hmay be properly turned resulting in a turning of the screw in theframe-section A, drawing the sections A and A toward each other, andpressing the jaws B and G together upon the hose.

It will be noticed that the jaws are unobstructed and always ready toreceive the hose.

The stop I avoids the necessity of any special care in inserting thehose, it only being necessary to fit the hose up against such stop andoperate the compressing devices.

In use at a fire, when time is of great importance, if any section ofhose, except that coupled to the engine, be broken or springs such aleak as to necessitate its being'replaced bya new one it is onlynecessary to apply the gate to any section between the broken one andtheengine and operate the devices to clamp the hose, thus shutting oifthewater until a new section can be substituted-for the damaged one,thus'avoiding the necessity of I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

I. The combination of the framing, the clamping-jaws, the upper jawbeingiplvoted, a spring for actuating said jaw and a stop for limitingthe movement of the spring substantially as set forth.

2. The improved hose-gate herein described comprising the frame composedof sections jointed together at one end, the clamping-jaws at the otherends of said sections, the screw .connected with one of the sections andhaving a threaded bearing in the other section,

jaw by said I too 7 the gear keyed to and movable along the said screwand the pinion meshed with said gear substantially as set forth.

3.. An improved hose-gate consisting of the framesections pivotallyconnected at one end and provided at their other ends with jaws adaptedto receive the hose, and the connecting screw arranged between said jawsand the pivotal connection of the frame-section, said screw beingthreaded in one of the frame-sections and having asw-ivel connectionwith the I other section, and means whereby to turn said arranged inrear of said stop devices substantially as described.

5. A hose-gate comprising the frame-soctions pivoted together at one endand movable at their other ends toward and from each other, and theclamping-jaws jointed to the movable ends of said sections, andoperating means substantially as described.

6. A hose-gate consisting of the frame composed of sections jointedtogether at one end, the clamping-jaws jointed to said frame-sections,and operating means arranged between the clamping-jaws and the jointedconnection of the sections substantially as set forth.

EDWARD S. CLARKE.

Witnesses:

E. C. FOLKES, RUSSELL BARGAMIN.

